"Pojedziemy do Warszawy?"

Translation: Will we go to Warsaw?

[MarjanvanK]

what's the difference between : pojedziemy and pójdziemy ??

[Jellei]

"pojedziemy" is by vehicle. "pójdziemy" is on foot. And even if you live in a place just outside Warsaw, "Pójdziemy do Warszawy?" seems to be rather an unlikely thing to say, I can only imagine it as a joke.

[MarjanvanK]

thanks.

[one_half_3544]

I've reported 'shall we go to Warsaw?'. This is quite a complicated topic, but I believe that in this particular case (without context, that is) the use of 'shall' is perfectly legit (denoting the proposition rather than a simple question).
Last post here http://fluentli.com/questions/shall-we-go-to-the-cinema explains this quite nicely.

This distinction in Polish is achieved by intonation, isn't it?

[Jellei]

Okay, without a context, that should be correct. Added.

[one_half_3544]

Thanks. But, still, how do you distinguish between those two senses in Polish?

[Jellei]

As a clear suggestion I'd probably say "A może pojedziemy do Warszawy?" ("a może" works as "how about" here)

[Lord_Pengwyn]

Will we be going to Warsaw?

[Jellei]

Hmmm... I guess it can work in a context... added.

[tczek]

Is there a future imperfect tense equivalent?

[Jellei]

będziemy [jechać/jechali/jechały].

[deactivated user]

“Are we going to Warsaw” sounds clearer than “are we going to go to Warsaw”

[Jellei]

Yeah, the problem is that "Are we going to Warsaw" is Present Tense* and "Are we going to go to Warsaw" is Future Tense.

*Yeah, of course its meaning may refer to the future, but as it works exactly the same way in Polish, we keep 'Present Tense in the future meaning' and 'normal Future Tense' apart. Because for a learner of Polish, it's not that obvious that "jedziemy" is Present Tense and "pojedziemy" is Future Tense.

[KVRMx]

What about: “We are going to Warsaw? “

[alik1989]

It's a correct translation, as it conveys the same meaning, but for didactic reasons we don't mix those tenses. "Pojedziemy" is future tense, "we are going" is present tense.

[KVRMx]

Ok, Alik. Thank you for helping me understand. : )

[Ubeogesh]

Is this a question or invitation?

[Jellei]

I'd say both :) To me, it's most likely a suggestion: "Hey, how about going to Warsaw?".

[Ubeogesh]

In this case.... i'm not sure if it was with this exercise or some other, but it wouldn't accept an English version of "Let's go to Warsaw" (or, as I'm saying, maybe it was on another similar exercise with what I considered to be an invitation)

[Ubeogesh]

Ok, so "Let's go to Warsaw" should be accepted in this case - but it isn't

[Jellei]

We discussed it and we're rather against, that would be a much, much clearer suggestion, shown with the form "pojedźmy" rather than "pojedziemy".

[Ubeogesh]

ahhhhh gotcha, thanks!